rack one's brains(shà fèi kǔ xīn)

rack one's brains

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à f è IK à x à n, which means to describe painstaking thinking and scheming. It comes from the Black Ghost by Peng Yangou in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The third chapter of Peng Yangou's "black Ji Yuan Hun" in Qing Dynasty: "this method of frying tobacco has been studied with great pains and repeated experiments

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: painstaking, contemplative, painstaking, deliberate, painstaking Antonyms: careless, careless, careless

Idiom usage

His painstaking lies were exposed on the spot.

Chinese PinYin : shà fèi kǔ xīn